Ford Ride London-Essex 100 2025 The iconic Ford RideLondon-Essex 100 takes place on Sunday 25 May 2025 The centrepiece of the world’s greatest festival of cycling, the 100-mile challenge is one of the UK’s most famous challenge rides and gives riders a unique opportunity to cycle on traffic-free roads through some of the most famous streets of London and the picturesque villages and countryside of neighbouring Essex. How we can support you We'll be here with you all the way! As a BTF fundraiser, we'll help you to set up a fundraising page on our secure platform. We'll also send you a BTF runni ..read more

Bath Half Marathon 2025 Take part in one of the UK's most established road races - the Bath Half Marathon! Join 15,000 other runners on the flat, picturesque course and enjoy the electric atmosphere. Whether you're a seasoned runner or a total novice - this event is perfect for everyone. How we can support you We'll be here with you all the way! As a BTF fundraiser, we'll help you to set up a fundraising page on our secure platform. We'll also send you a BTF running vest or T-shirt and lots of tips on how to boost your fundraising. And we can help you promote your fundraiser on social media. T ..read more

Tough Mudder - North West 5k - Sunday 20th October 2024 One rule… you will not get out of this one clean. If you don’t finish this course on your knees, head to toe in concrete thick mud, you’ve 100% cheated this one. Cholmondeley Castle will not be letting you off lightly and neither will our world-class obstacles. You’ve been warned. How we can support you We'll be here with you all the way! As a BTF fundraiser, we'll help you to set up a fundraising page on our secure platform. We'll also send you a BTF running vest or T-shirt and lots of tips on how to boost your fundraising. And we can he ..read more

Tough Mudder - South London 5k - Saturday 21st September 2024 You’ve heard of the phrase ‘save the best till last’, well you couldn’t be more right about Tough Mudder South London.  It’s the biggest and best for a reason and that’s not just because it’s a well-known stomping ground for obstacle testing.  You’re going to need a hefty team to get you through the surprises on course for 2024. We’ve seen the obstacle line up … and it’s not looking pretty. How we can support you We'll be here with you all the way! As a BTF fundraiser, we'll help you to set up a fundraising page on our sec ..read more

Will you ‘Stride for Thyroid’? Join us this October to help put thyroid disorders on the map Up and down the country, millions of people live with a thyroid disorder. And yet many of us feel isolated by our condition. Symptoms are not always immediately obvious. This can make it hard for those around us to understand just how much thyroid disorders can affect our physical and psychological health. Which can make it pretty lonely at times. We want to change this. That’s why this October we’re asking the thyroid community to come together and take part in our 'Stride for Thyroid' sponsored walk ..read more

“I didn’t feel that the hospital specialist explained it at all well, so I set about learning as much as I could from various sources on the internet, including the British Thyroid Foundation which I found particularly helpful.” In the early summer of 2018 my husband and I had just settled into our brand new home in Wales, after retiring there six months earlier. We had many friends here, and had always planned this. After a difficult few months in temporary accommodation whilst waiting for the house completion we were finally here. Prior to this, I had been a fitness instructor and personal t ..read more

I’m running a half marathon for British Thyroid Foundation, a charity who are dedicated to providing much needed support and information to people living with thyroid disorders. My story In March 2016 I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) where my body was providing too much thyroid hormone. I experienced increased heart rate, anxiety, trouble sleeping, rapid weight-loss and bulging eyes. I was left without treatment for several months to which I ended up in hospital having suffered from thyrotoxicosis. This diagnosis started my treatment and the start of endless hospital a ..read more

In Autumn of 2022 after some neck pain and discomfort for a couple of months dad was rushed to hospital when my mum and brother noticed his speech was slurred and not making sense, any one that knew dad would know the one thing he always spoke was sense. From that moment we entered a whirlwind that would permanently change our lives. Dad had cancer. Anaplastic Thyroid cancer that had spread to his brain. A rarer much more aggressive cancer that had only one outcome for us. Dad fought hard and received treatment to try and delay the effects, he managed to see his 3rd grandchild be born and hold ..read more

Scarless thyroid surgery News article from March 2023 Surgeons at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust recently performed the first scarless thyroid procedure in the UK. Consultant ENT surgeons, Mr Ram Moorthy and Mr Sid Nagala, had previously used the same pioneering technology to perform the UK’s first scarless parathyroid procedure in November 2022. We recently asked Mr Moorthy about the procedure and how thyroid patients may benefit from it in the future: What does the procedure involve? This is the first remote-access thyroid procedure that is truly scarless. We make three small incisions ..read more

I was diagnosed with Graves Disease which is an overactive thyroid gland at the age of 28. The condition can be very challenging at times. Some days I don't know how I get through it but somehow it always gets done. Some days I'll demolish everything in my path and other days I'll be holding on for dear life. An autoimmune disease isn't fun. Just because we look ok on the outside doesn't mean we're ok on the inside. I don't let this condition beat me in case you haven't noticed. All the things I have overcome like many thyroid sufferers. The panic attacks, the weight gain or loss, the anxiety ..read more